Machine for counting, arranging, and packaging hairpins or like



April 14, 1925.

' 1,533,180 S. H. GOLDBERG MACHINE FOR commune, ARRANGING, AND PACKAGING HAIRPINS OR LIKE ARTICLES Original Filed Feb.'10. 1919. 7 Sheets-Sheetl Ap il 14, 1925;

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PACKAGING HAIRPINS OR LIKE ARTICLES Original Filed Feb. 10. 1919 'T Sheets-Sheet 2 A ril 14, 1925; 1,533,180

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A lication filed Eebruary 10,1919, Serial No, 276,009. Renewed August 18, 1924.

T0aZZ whom'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. GOLD- nnnc, a citizen of the United States, resid ing in theicity of Chicago, county of Cook 6 ancl'State of Illinois; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Counting, Arranging, and Packaging Hairpins or like Articles, of which the following is'a specification.

This inVentiOn relates. to a machine for countingand arranging hairpins or like articles", and it is'among the salient objects of theinvention totreat a mass of hairpins or like "articles which come into the machine in variouspositions' to automatically arrange,

count and group the hairpins in predetermined numbers so that they can be conveniently removed ingroupsfand to secure each group of pins in separate packages. I

Other objects ofth'e invention are to provide'a machine which materially decreases the manual labor and cost "of packing hairpins and like .articles and "in 1 which accurate counting and grouping of sucharticles over alarge' range1i sobtainecl.= The invention also'relat'es tonovel 'feedi'ng mechanism' in the construction ofthe counting inecha nis'n'i andjthe means for packing the plus or like articles n separate-groups. The inventionfurther relates to such features and construction and "arrangement and combination ofjpai ts, as will more fully; hereinafter appear. r

In the drawings:

embodying my invention.

' Figf2is'an enlarged "plan view; parts be ingfoinitted and 'other parts broken away fonclearness ofZillustra'tion.

the up er part of the machine,*parts being omitte for: Icleanness of illustration.

Fig-.A' isa rearview ofthe upper' part of the fniachine; parts being omitted for clearne ssiofiillustrationa V Fig; 5r'isr'an enlarged -fragmentary-side elevation ofizthe selectivevwheel;

'16 isia top: plan .view of the stripper finger."

59 FigN'Z' isan enlarged fragmentary side 1 elevational view of the counting mechanism.

' Fig; 8,' i's anl,enlargd "end elevation show- Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of a machine Fig. 3'is an enlarged front elevation of' lar embodiment of my invention shown in 1, 1 designates the frame comprising uprights 2, and supporting bars 3 in which the mechanism is mounted. The revolubly mounted drum 4: is driven by pulley 5 and belt 6 from a shaft 7. This shaftmay be driven from any source of power, but in the accompanying illustration is driven from the motor 8 through belt 9, pulley 10, shaft 11, pulley 12, belt 13, pulley 1 1, shaft 15, pulley 16, belt 17, and pulley 18. The drum 4.- receives the hairpins or like articles through an enlarged hollow bearing 19 and may be automatically supplied with the articles to be assembled by means of the chute 20 or any mechanically or manually operated means. The articles are deposited withinlthe rotating drum and are tumbled about and caused to escape therefrom,

through-the apertures 21, and are separated The hairpins or other articles are deposited from the drum upon a belt 23 mounted upon suitable rollers 24 and '25. The roll ers 2 1 and 25are rotatably mounted on bars 26 and 27 which bars are secured to the uprights 2, and side bars 28 and 29. The belt is-driven by means ofpulley 30, belt' 3l and pulley 32 on shaft 7. The chute 33 delivers the hairpins or other articles to a'stationary' inclined corrugated'plate 34secured to bars 28 and 29 by means ofarms 35 The corrugationsor raised portions 34-of the plate 34; are of increasing depth and decreasing width from top to bottom thereof and serve to guide the hairpins or other 'articles lengthwise to the selecting mechanism.

The selecting mechanism comprises a series Ofdiscs 36 having notches 37, rotatably. 'mounted on shaft 38.

The shaft 38 an'd discs 36 are rotated in timed relation to other parts of the machine by pulley 39, belt 40 and pulley 41 on shaft 7.

Springpressed shoes 42 pivoted to cross bar 43 insure perfect engagement of the hairpins with the notches 37 in the discs 36. Fingers 44 serve to remove the hairpins from the discs 36, and deliver them to the inclined plates 45 and thence to the counting mechanism. The plates 45 are secured to the brackets 46 and 47 and have retaining bars 48 to insure the perfect alignment of the pins.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, it will be noticed that the pins in sliding down'the inclined plate 45 strike against the stop pin 45' and are prevented from further travel along the inclined plate 45. The plates 45 each have a discharge arm 45 upon which the pins' are deposited in predetermined.

numbers. 7 Arms 49 are secured to brackets 47 by studs 50 and nuts 51 and are accurately adjusted thereto by. centering pins 52. Upon slot 57 in a plate 57 secured to a pivoted block 58 which slotted plate is above the base plate, thereby allowing the stop pin to be accurately set for any number of pins desired in each group to be assembled. The block 58 has a spring latch 59 that engages the end of the discharge arm 45*. A pivot ed pawl 60 is mounted on the block 53 and is normally rocked into frictional contact with the pins by a spring61 in a socket'62.

The pivoted pawl 60 has an arm 63 PTO".

V vided with a socket 64. The block 58 and the pawl 60-are connected by a rod 65 and adjusting screw 66 The adjusting screw 66 affords meansfor very accurate timing of the cooperation-of the action of stop pin and pawl whereby the removal of one group of pins from the discharge arm causes the stop pin to beraised thereby'f-reeing the assembled group of'pins and allows them to descend upon the discharge arm and permits another group of pins to assemble against the stop pin.- A slightfamount of lost motion is provided for. between the rod 65 and the pawl 60 by'adjusting the rod 65 r in the socket 64-.by means of the screw 66 to prevent the pawl 60 from releasing the in comingpins before theprevious group of pins has been deposited upon the discharge arm,

' open position.

The pins removed from the discharge arm are presented to a packaging device 67 secured-to a table 68 to have applied thereto a band or collar 87.

Describing in detail the packaging mechanism and referring particularly to Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12, the base plate 70 which is of angular shape is secured to the table 68 by the bolt 71, and has pivotally mounted on its upwardly projecting member 72 a spring controlled arm 73 which normally is held upright by the spring 74. The arm rocks on its pivot 75 against the spring tension and when in an upright position contacts the edge 76 of a notch .77 in the member 72. The arm 73 hasa lug 78 to which [is pivotally secured a cap79 which cap is pivotally connected at 80 to a link 81 pivotally secured at 82 to the base member 7 2. It will be noticedthat the arm 73 and cap 79 meet onaline with their pivotal connection and jointly have a concave recess 82 terminating in the circular aperture 83. On the opposite side of the 311117?) and secured thereto by screws 84' is a block 85 recessed at 86 to receive a collar or band- 87. 'The block 85 normally contacts the edge 76 of the notch 77 in the base member 7 2. In operation, the pins on the discharge arm are stripped therefrom and in the act of removing them from the discharge arm, the count- 7 ing mechanism is actuated to release another group of pins, and allow them to engage the discharge arm before the friction pawl. is

released, and the stop pin is returned to stop the oncoming pins The operatorv next places a band or collar 87 in the packaging mechanism, inserts the bundle of pins into the concave recess 82 and through the agency of the circular aperture formed at 83 the collar or band 87 is placed about the pins a forward pull causes the arm and cap to separate, each rocking on its respective pivots allowing the release of the completed package and permitting the several parts to return to their normal positions the dotted Lines in Fig. 11 show the mechanism in an Having described my invention in a preferred embodlment, the invention is not 11mited to theparticular details of construction or arrangement of parts, except as set forth" a in the claims.

I claim as myinvention: V

1. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles, the combination withv a rotat- I able receiver having apertures therein, adapted to receive a plurality of'such' arti: cles, separate the-same, and deposit them singly ona feed mechanism, of aninclined corrugated plate for automatically dividing such articles and grouping the same, means for assembling and packaging each group of articles. a 1

2. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles, the combination with a rotating drum for receiving the articles in miscellaneous position, of a continually advancing feeding mechanism arranged beneath the drum, said drum having apertures through which the articles are discharged onto said feeding mechanism.

3. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles, the combination with a rotat- 'ing drum for receiving the articl's in miscellaneous position, of a continually moving belt conveyor arranged beneath the drum, said drum having aperturesthrough which the articles are discharged singly onto said conveyor, and an inclined stationary plate having tapered corrugations therein, whereby the pins are caused to descend lengthwise along the corrugations.

4. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles, the combination with means for receiving a plurality of such articles and the feeding mechanism associated therewith comprising a belt conveyor, a corrugated inclined plate, and aselecting disc adapted to advance said articles in uniform position.

5. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles the combination with feeding mechanism for advancing the articles, of an automatic counting mechanism associated therewith, said automatic counting V mechanism including a main and an auxil- V iary stop, the dlstance of which from each other determines the number of articles in each group, the main stop adjust-ably mounted on a pivoted block the auxiliary stop'pivotally mounted and adjusting means between the main stop and auxiliary stop comprising asocketed adjusting screw, and a connecting rod between the main stop and auxiliary stop.

6. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles, the combination with feeding, grouping and counting mechanisms, of a packaging mechanism comprising a hinged member having a tapered aperture therein "for bunching such articles, means operating in conjunction with the tapered apertured member whereby the bunch of pins are bound together.

7. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles the combination with feedin grouping and counting mechanisms. of a packaging mechanism comprising a hinged member pivotally mounted, a socket member secured with one part of the hinged member whereby a collar or band is held and caused to engage and hold a group of pins.

8. In a machine for handling hairpins or like articles the combination with feeding, grouping, and counting mechanisms. of a packaging mechanism comprising a hinged member normally held in closed position having an aperture centrally disposed with the meeting members of the hinged parts, a socket member secured with one of the hinged parts, whereby a band or collar is held centrally with the hinged parts, a connecting bar between one of the hinged parts and a fixed base member and a spring tonormally hold the hinged parts in closed position.

SOLOMON H. GOLDBERG. 

